The Sun. — London, England, 1864-11-24 00:00:00

NTRAL CR OLD COURT. (Before Mr Baron Bramwell.) THE CASE OF MR. HAMMOND. The learned judge, on taking his seat this morning, said he had looked through the depositions, and he thought it Was a case in which he might grant the application of his counsel (Sergeant Ballantine) that sentence might be post- Poned until certain affilavits in mitigation had been laid before them. ATTEMPTED CHILD MURDER. TN LAMBETH, Elizabeth Thompson was indicted with wounding, with intent to murder, her infant child. Evidence was given to prove that she was a person of un- ' sound mind, and The Learned Judge directed that she be detained during her 11ajesty's pleasure. _ CO NVICTION OF TWO QUACK DOCTORS. John OsterfieL WWilliam ray alias H e ner e y a n d Ander Fen were indicted with sending a letter demanding money, With Menaces from Capt. Clarke, of the 50,11 Regiment of Pont. , Th e prisone r W ray was not a qualified practictionEr, but Pro b een been in th e h a b it of advertising himself as Dr.Henery, rofssing' to cure ce r t a i n ma l a di es, to w hi ch further refer ettee need not b e ma d e. Th e letters which formed the subject f the indictment had been sent to the prosecutor, an officer ni her 11Iaj3sty's 50th R eg i men t, an d set f orth that without tile Paid um of £l5O for medicine and advice was immediately the whole of the circumstances which had led to the charge would be laid before the authorities at the War- PaLu c e' The p r i soner Anderson was the person, who, it ap• eareay.d, waited on the prosec u t or f or p aymen t on t h e part of ! Ai r Ribton said there was no evidence against his client. - letters did not contain a threat within the meaning of th e , —O, , and that supposing the offence was committed, it ( 7 -s not com m itt e d w i t hi n t h e j urisdiction of the Court, t h letters having been dated from Hampshire. Th e learn e d J u d ge, h av i ng consulted the Recorder, said, ohhis retur n i nto C ourt, t h at t h e d e f endants had not c °lllt ni tted any cff?,nce within the jurisdiction of the Cou r t, therefore there must be an acquittal. A. verdict to that effect having been returned, t T he le arned Judge asked Mr Metcalfe whether he in feaEd t o proceed with the indictment that had been pre nerred against the defendants for libel and conspiracy, or et her he would ra th er th ey b e sent to H ampsh i re, there tweet the more serious charge, If, however, they were b ic quitted o f that charge they could still bo transmitted to 4.lala PEhire, i ' d r Metc a lf e sa id h o should go on in that Court with the adictraent for the libel and conspiracy. f o r r Ribton, w h o appeare d f or the defence, then applied a P o stponement of the trial until next session thelkiter some disc uss i on , th e app li cat i on was re f use d, an d trial for libel and conspiracy proceeded. Th e evidenc e was prec i se l y th e same as o ff ere d on th e former charge' jorY found both prisoners Guilty. so Mr B aron Bramwell, in passing sentence, said the pri allers had b een convicted of a most abominable offence, 1 ) 14 ,, d ,: °11 e for wifch the highest sentence he was enabled ' a VV to inflict was totally inadequate, The offence of ro ' b i b eh th e y h ad been convicted not only commenced with _f . Y, but w as followed with other circumstances cirCll,- ll e ,' ' 0 mak e lif e h ate f u l to those who were persecuted by all cu. P e rsons at the prisoners. H e regre tt e d th e l aw on l y owe d hi b ut m to p ass a sen t ence o f t wo years ' i mpr i sonment, sud he sentenced each of the prisoners to that punishment, (added the learned judge, with marked emphasis) with hard l abour. h a T he Prisoner Wray, at the conclusion of the learned • ge's observations, said he was not guilty of the charge lia Nted to him. 05, heavy. NEW COURT. (Before the Recorder.) BURGLARY: frij,,°4ll Williams, a labourer, was indicted for a burgla r y "ae dwellin g h ouse o f H enry J osep h Shepherd, with in to',eat steal t he prisone r evidence was q u it e conclusive, an d th e j ury f ound prisoner guilty. tudehe r ecorder sentenced him to seven years' penal servi . 48 soot as th e sentence was pronounced a female in thery galle h„_. U ttered a piercing cry, and was carri e d scream i ng rgerically from the court. ROBBING FURNISHED LODGINGS, Xl,„ " Adams, a painter, was indicted for stealing various at Green from the furnished lodgings of Elizabeth Wallace, tet uh reen Wieb, and also from various places where ho had f i ,erilY resided. T'sittry returned a verdict of guilty in each of the cases. the s ummarily convictions having been proved against Prisoner Th .r o he Recorder sentenced him to 12 menthe' imprisonment. af ter !snied j u d ge sa id, h a d the robberies been committed pri soja iti t t eed of before the offence for which he had ju3t left Of p, i g e Would undoubtedly have sentenced him to a ter m — 4 L servitude. OBEY MARKET AND rOMM.SRCIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. iIkIUCTION IN THE RATE OF DISCOUNT OF THE BANK OF ENGL &ND. T he minimum rate of discount has been this day educed from 8 to 7 per cent. to Thi s important measure has been looked forward With every confidence in almost all departments business in the City, owing to the relative value 1 ) ,,., 14 °ney in the open market, and the im- Cslit accession of strength which the tt 4 ,, s tie nal establishment is consequently pre. theeto have acquired. The authorities th'i's transacted very little discount business during te e Asst week, an d th e i r o th er secur i t i es are rea -4;11,„4,b1Y supposed to have undergone a considerable C' ln ution. The reserves both o f no t es an d gold are al so believed to have been lar ge ly augmen t e d, at oat the execut i ve, i n t h e i r own i nterests, have 1 4 1en Rth deemed it expedient to adjust their re- I t , l e ,_ t icti more in accordance with the actual mar le value of money. The announcement has , itih e t `-ed but li tt l e d; scuss i on, ow i ng to the certainty Which it was awaited. The market is now t-IPested to show rather more vitality, since it is I:, et it that the mercantile comm u nity h ave tv ;1 1 defe rr i ng th e i r di scount transact i ons el t : er as practicable, in order to see whether the t t ,i 4k tion, if it did occur, would produce a f ur th er tv 4l tstion in the terms out of doors. Such, how e 18 not likely to be the case, es the partial lijtj v , s 4l of the enquiry has induced bankers and 118 . urOker B t o as k rat h er more f or t h e t emporary 4 1: °l' their re sources . Th ere i s now an impress for a time at least the quotations will to in a firm position, especially as an effect is t io ''Y to be produced by the prospective negocia °r numerous loans for needy foreign Govern -e4ts. c o 4, toeeting of the creditors of Messrs. John C. . h e it tld Co , merchants in the Spanish trade, who leh 4 : el lded on the 2Sth alt,, was held yesterday, 1 4 a balance sheet was submitted by Messrs. ti c ;i i e ; nl an, Turquand, Youngs and Co., showing lie -si'es for £58,411, and assets estimated at 1.1 ) ;' 668 . The meeting expressed a desire to have e el ; estate liquidated by Mr Colo himself, in con e,. With the accountants, but, in deference to the kr"sed wish of Mr Cole, it was resolved unani kketllY to li qu id ate un d er i nspect i on, an d M r. ,buert, Bradfo r d was a pp o i n t e d th e so l e i nspec t or. to i th h i e I sst week's railway receipts, asc er t a i ne d u p 8 day, are in round figures as under :-- Greetl West south-western — seate ena k'fht o „ N 'arid East 45,748 41,62 eeeeee 00000000000000 18,956 18,798 tlat Northern ilortl ° l `ri Exeter ( ; ( I! ilc h'sZ er 4 68,866 53,501 a t Sheffield, and Lincoln 17,588 16,923 4 31,027 29,178 1143 , returns, w h en compare d w i t h th ose o f th e e 04 1: Period of last year, in most instances show ti ler favourable features. On the Great Western W ea e t jes an increase of £3,023, on the North 4 :35 6 ern of £6,126, on the South Western of ~Iidl 1:34 the B r i ghton of £ 1,055, on the t 1,5 8 4" °f £4,125, on the South Eastern of on th Bristol the G reat N ort h ern of £3,130, N st e ristol an d E xeter of £330, on the North a nd °f £5,362, on the Manchester, Sheffield, 1 ,84 9 "°1 r 1 of .f.:665, and on the Great Eastern of de n , ' W hite the L ancas hi re an d Yotkihire shows 'j'4 110 of £5lB, "Ttp, i 4 .. , 111 °0 operations at the Bank yesterday I vithd r "' au influx of £106,000 in gold, and the mjthaW,,al of 00,090 sovere i gns f or Al exan d r i a. kelti en -r oreign Market there is very little ani- A9re e ) and bu s i ness is rather active. Turkish 6 ; IN / nt s , , 1862, arc 711 72 ; do. Consolides, 474 p i),l„ulti.h ea losn, 291 ; d o. New, • Greek, 27 1 23 ; aob _ ° rto. , „ ‘isse47 30t- 1 ; do, Certificates, l 36-` , th.v, ' 7 4 48; th e Confederate Lou,a 61 62 ; New E gyptian Loan, f. prem. T.—This Day. 1 The Imperial Me rcan til e C redit Association have issued a prospectus announcing an issue of £2,800,000 debentures of the Atlantic and Great Western Railway, the construction of which has juat been completed. It passes through the States of New York, Pennsylvania, and Ohio, and can stitutes the main line for the traffic from New York to St. Louis, and also, by means of a short branch, commands the principal business of the new oil districts. Of the amount now required, £1,200,000 has already been privately subscribed, and the en tire sum is for the purpose of repaying to capi. talists here advances which have been made from time to time for the rapid progress of the under taking. The traffic has exceeded the most sanguine estimates, and has been limited solely by the amount of rolling stock available, and, according to a statement of Sir Morton Peto, the line is " fury equal to the best of our English railways." The issuing price of the debentures is 90, and they are to be redeemed in three years at par, so that the interest, which is nominally 8 per cent-, is thus equivalent to more theta 12 per cent. The instalments are to extend to the 15th of May next, and the interest is guaranteed for the whole term by the Consolidated Bank. The bonds are 2 to 3 premium. Two o'cLocic. At Paris, this day, according to Mr. Renter's Telegram, the 3 per cent. French Rlmtes were 65 An alteration has been made by the discount firms, including Messrs. ()reread, gurney, and Co., Messrs. Alexander, Cunliffe, and Co., &c,, in the rates of interest allowed on deposit accounts as fol. lows:—Money at call, 5 per cent.; at 7 days, 51 per cent.; 14 days, 6 per cent. The reduction in the rate of discount at the Bank of England, so far from creating buoyancy in the market for the English Funds, has been followed by a decline of 1 per cent., and in the other depart ments affairs present a very unfavourable appear ance. Speculation for a rise has been brought within narrow limits. and sales consequently have produced weakness, but the retro grade tendency has also been promoted by transactions based upon the idea that prices may go lower under the influence of foreign loans and other adverse contingencies. Consols for money are 9O 91k, and for the account, 891 a iessdividend. Deal logs have been recorded in the New 3 per Cents. and Reduced Annuities at 88A 89; March Exche• quer Bills at 4s dis. par, India 5 per Cents. to 61 and Eafaced 5 per Cents. 102. I❑ the Railway Share Market business has been rather dull, and prices have in several instances shown less firmness. South E astern have receded ; North Eastern and Lancashire and Yorkshire, each 10s.; and Great Western, 53. ; while Great Eastern and Caledonian have each improved ss. The Foreign and Colonial undertakings exhibit little change of importance in prices. Bank and Miscellaneous shares remain inactive. Agra and IV.asterman have declined to 136; Union of Australia to 55; Union of London to 561 ; while Fore Street 'Warehouse have improved to 91; and Royal Mail steam have declined to 901. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. per Cent. Consols Do Account Dee 8 3 per Cent.gteduced B9k 84 New 3 per Cent. B9 A 8k New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1891 — Do 5 per Cent., Jan. 1873 — A.nnuities, 30 yrs, expire &th Jan., 1880 — Do for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — Do (Red Sea Telegraph) ; Aug. 1908 2ok March. June, Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 4 & 31 per Cent, par Do £5OO Do £lOO and £200 .ank England Stk, 51 per Ct. — Do Account.. — INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. fndia Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1871 — Do Account Do 5 per Cent. July, 1670 Do Account Do 4 per Cent., Oct, 1883 — Do Certificates Do 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) .. Do 4i pei Cent. Do Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent — Do 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Da 51 per Cent., May, 1879 .. Do 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 Du Bonds.Cl,oUo .. Do under £l,OOO FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. iustrian Bonds, 5 per Cent -- Brazilian 5 per Cent Do 4i per Cent., 1852-58-60 .. 85i Do 1863 Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent — Do Account....., .. 83 _ ,:hilian 6 per Cent. — Do 4f per Cent Colombian 6 per Cent — Cuba, 6 per Cent. - Do 5 per Cent. 1864 Danish 3 per Cont. 1825 Do 5 per Cent, 1864 Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Do, Provisonal Land Warrant.. — Egyptian 7 per Cent.. 951 Do, Second Issue Do £lOO Bonds Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons — Do Account Do Coupons De Account Guatemala 5 per Cent. Do 1839 and 1859 Etallan 5 per Cent.(Marcmmana Railway) 71i Mexican 3 per Cent Do Account Do 1864,. Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French —die Do Scrip, £43 paid.... Do French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c — dis x d Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada .. Do 2 per Cent..... — Do Deterred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) — Do Debentures, 4 per Ct., April 1861 — Do do Aug., 1866 — Peruvian 4f per Cent — Do 3 per Cent. (Uribarren)... ... — Do 41 per Cent., 1862 , Do Account.... Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Do Account — Do 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '61.4.62,'3 — Do Account Russian 5 per Cent 1822, £ St., — Do 4} per Cent., 1850 • • Do 1860 Do 3 per Cent 1859 Do 5 per Cent, 1862 B7k 61 7 Do Anglo-Dutch .... BB Do Scrip, £65 paid Sardinian 5 per Cent Do Account Spanish 3 per Cult ........ Do Account — Do New Deferred — Do Account Do Passive Do Account 3Ol Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded — Do Account Swedish, 4 per Cent. — Do Scrip, £6O paid — pin Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 — Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do Account' 72 i Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent. 1862 Do Account Do £lOO Bonds.. 72i i Do 1863 .. 68 7 Do Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Do 1863 Scrip, £4O paid Venezuela 3 per Cant. Do Account — Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do Account 494 Do 6 p Cent,, 1864 .. Dividends on the above payable in London Austrian, 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins. Belgian 4i per Cent., Ex. 25f — Dutch 2i per Cent., Ex. 12 Gail 63 1)o 4 per Cent. Certificates French Rentes, 3 per Cent Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs — Do Account Peruvian Dollar Bonds, 4} per Ct. Ex. 4s. Piodmontese, 6 per Cent., Ex. 25f — THREE O'CLOCK. 4 Consols, Money. 89a x d Do Account Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day, Market opens steady. Sales probably 8,000 bales. Eirly on Friday morning two men, named Pear son and Wedgewood, were poaching in the fields between Ugthorpe and Lythe, near the Mulgrave pre serves, near Whitby, when Wedgewood, who was two or three yards in the rear of Pearson, stumbled, and in at tempting to regain his balance caused his gun to go off the charge lodging in the lower part of Pearson's body and penetrating upwards. The unfoctunate fellow, with the help of his comrade, managed to struggle, bleeding fearfully, for about a mile to a farmhouse. Medical aid was obtained as soon as possible, but he died within two hours after the fatal shot was fired. Pearson had been married only a few weeks to Wedgewood's sister. Au officer of the navy has been arrested at Ports. mouth for the illegal possession of naval stores, THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 24, 1864 S MARE This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share , Rail wa y s . Paid.;; Closing Business ?rice. I done. 31r., Wol., and Str. Val.' all 3iythe and Tyne. 3ristol and Exeter luu Caledonian lOO Cork and Bandon a:l Cornwall all A gets no div o D o o . A B tlll6p e.p an. has , 31 ,1 been paid to B. '" Oublin & Belfast June., all ffun„Perth,&Ab. Juw.! all Edinburgh & Glasgow.: 100 Jlasg,. and S. Western.' 130 :rent stern, Ord. stk 100 Ditto A stock Ditto EastAnglian st 100 ClreatNorthof Scotland 100 Great Northern ...... ' 100 Do A stock llOO Do 11 do Gt. S. an iW. of Irelan 1 100 Great Westert,Original 100 Do Str Val gna. eito„a 100 Do. South Wales :CO Do. Wert .oxiorn 100 Do Newport 100 Do flereford 100 Lancashire& Yorkshire,: 100 London and Blackwall' 100 Lon., Bright.,& S. CCM t 100 Lon., Chat., and Dover' 100 Lon. & North We s t ern ' 100 Lon. Sc'..th Western! 100 Man., Shef., & Lincoln.! 100 Maryport and Carlisle. all Dot shares .. all Metropolitan all Midland Do Birming. & Derby 100 Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland all Do. shares Mid Kept North British 'Edin., Perth, & Dundee 100 Nth. Eastern—Berwleß 100 Do, G.N.E. purchase 16.111.1 Do Lac& lOO Do York Do Carlisle lOO 88 131/ Do. Stock. & Darling*. all Do do 1853-58 19 Do do 180 , ,-61 l4 North London Do New 5 Do New, 18( 1 4. 4 North Stacroraehire all N. and S. W. Junction all Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stock 100 Do Scot. Mid. stock lOO Shrews, and Welchpoo: all Shropshire Union youth Dev0n........, lOO South Eastern Staines, Wok., and Wok all 'Pail Vale. ... lOO Do C 13 Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny! 100 West Cornwall lOO W. Hartlepool Har.&R i 100 LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr Registrar Winslow as Commissioner. IN RE PARSLOW.-205 IN THE POUND. „ . . This bankrupt was a butcher at Royal bill, Bayswater, and this was a meeting for last examination and discharge The debts aro stated at ..-5961, and the assets at £2,422, but Mr Cameron, the official assignee, considered they are overrated, but there can be no doubt they will pay the debts in full, His Honour granted an order of discharge, and granted an allowance of £5O to be paid out of the estate, IN RE WILLIAMSON , This bankrupt was a corn merchant at Norwich, and this was a meeting for last examination and discharge. Mr Sargood said that he appeared for several creditors, and to ask for an ar'j )umment, as there were allegations against the bankrupt of concealment of properly; and the question was whether the Court would direct a prosecution r leave the assignee to charge the bankrupt before a magis trate. Mr Bigley regretted that the bankrupt had not been made acquainted with the charges, as no doubt he would have been able to have answered them. His Honour said the ditllculfy was that if the bankrup were examined questions might be put which he was no' bound to answer. Mr Sargood said that Mr Commissioner Goulburn had held that the applications were ex parts—that the bankrupt could not be examined or heard. His Honour ultimately adjourned the case for a fortnight IN RE MAGNUS AND MAGNUS. These bankrupts were boot and shoe manufacturers in Gresham-street, and the examination meeting was ad journed, no accounts having been filed. POLICE INTELLIGENCE,---This Day. MARLBOROUGM-STREET. DANGEROUS CHARACTERS.—TWO men, named Francis M'Govan and John Healey, were charged before Mr Knox with loitering in New Bond-street for the purpose of com mitting a felony. John Sadler, 48 D, having given evidence, Sergeant Ackrill, 15 F, stated that he had known the prisoners for 3 ear as thieves. They were in the habit of getting their living by going to houses under the pretence of begging, and laying their hands on whatever they could in halls and passages. 11.1`Govan had been several times convicted, once receiving a sentence of 12 months' impri sonment, and once four months at Bow-street for stealing a coat from a hall. He knew the prisoners as the associates of thieves, and to be dangerous characters. The prisoners said they called at the houses to sell a few pencils, but a person from one of the houses stated that the prisoners said nothing about pencils whatever, and only asked for assistance. Mr Knox committed the prisoners for three months, with hard labour each. THAMES. A STUPID YANKEE —Ann Al'earthy, an Iriah girl, was charged with stealing £3 10a in gold from the pocket-book of an American seaman named Alex. S. Robinson, who has, lately arrived in the London Dock in a ship under Federbl colours. The prosecutor said he guessed he left the city of New York about six weeks ago. On Thursday night last he fell in with the prisoner in a public house in Old Gravel-lane. She took a cruise with him, and opposite Shadwell Church they fell in with two other craft. The Yankee was asked what ho meant by craft, and he replied girls. He went home in tow of three to 7, Bluegate-fielde, Shadwell. Be fore he got there the prisoner took his pocket-book out of his pocket and looked at it. She took 8i sovereigns out of it. Mr Paget—Did you see her do it? Witness—Yes, sir, Mr Paget—Well, did you stop her ? Witness—No, sir, I reckoned she would put the money back. Mr Paget—What became of the pocketbook ? Witness—She put it back in my pocket, I guess. Mr Paget—Are you sure of it ? WitnesE—l calculate I am. Mr Paget—When did you look in your pooketbook for your money ? Witness—Not till next morning. When I missed the gold I looked for her, and I have been looking for her ever sinca. I tell in with her this morning. Mr Paget—You allowed the wcman to take your pocket book out of your pocket, and to take your money out of it, and said nothing to her. Witness—Well, I had not the presence of mind to look to my money—that's a fact. I found throe halfpence in my pocket-book. Isaac Pawsey, a police constable, said he took the pri inner into custody, but found no money on her. Mr Paget said the sailor was the most stupid man he had met with for a lor g time, and without any of the cuteness of his nati n, The sailor had lost his hard-yarned wcges, and actually allowed the woman (a stranger to him and a prostitute) to take his money out, of his pocket-book withcut saying a word to her. Ho discharged the prisoner, It would be useless to send the case More a jury. WESTMINSTER. BIGAMY.—Thomas Sines was charged with feloniously intermarrying with Sarah Louisa Meredith, his first wife Louisa being then and still alive. Elizabeth Smith—l live at Croydon, and was present when my daughter Louisa was married at Caseharton Church, Croydon, nearly 11 years ago, to prisoner. They only lived together two years, and I have not seen him since till to-day. Sarah Louisa Meredith—l know the prisoner. I live at 26, Garden-row, St. George's-road, Southwark. I first knew the prisoner 12 months last August. I was married to him on the 19th September last at St. George's, Hams gate. I did not know he was married. He did not say he was married, and I have been living with him till last night, when my brother and sister informed me about him. with her. I w as present at R Hannah Meredith —I am sister to l as t w it ness , an d li ve married my sist er , at St. George ' s Churc h , S eptem b er 19, 1864, a msgate when the prisoner James Joyce, 261 B—l was on duty last sight in the Broadway, Westminster, and from information received I went to where prisoner lived in William-street, with the second wife, and the first wife gave him in charge. Prisoner said th at when ho married his wife she was a very giddy you ng yeoman, and left him several times, go ing to her moth er ' s for weeks and months together, and being frequently f etched out of a public-house from the company of soldi ers. Seven years ago he last saw her, and as she had been livin g with a soldier up to that time, she left him soon a ft er, they having quarrelled. It was a mutual separation, and for six years he had only seen her once. Ho thought, therefore, that it was more prudent to marry his second wife than to live in adultery with her, and he also thought that when husband and wife were sepa rated more than 5 or 6 years, they were free from each other, and could marry again. Mr Arnold said that was absurd. If husband or wife had lost all trace of another for seven years, and a second mar riage was contracted by the husband, if the first wife turned up, the parties would not be liable to punishment, but the second marriage would be null and void. Prisoner was remanded till Wednesday. SH IPPING-TIIIS DAY, (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) PLYMOUTH, Thursday Morning. The screw steamship V ictoria (102), Capt. Goodenough, from Portsmouth, for M a l ta, is nuw entering the Sound. The Geyser, with men paid off from the Warrior, arrived during the night, and now waiting between the Island and the main to embark meu paid off from the Greyhound. FALAIOUTII, Thursday Morning. The Horizon, of Liverpool (B rown, master), 1,767 tons, f r om Calcutta to London, with a general cargo, was aban doned on the 2 3 d instant, at 4 p.m., in lat. 47.30 N, 7.30 W, and crew taken off by the D utch schooner Je(Sto orvogel, master), from Villa landed at Falmouth on Thursday. oneke o o f rd D n o c r h d t r , e a c i h d t Nlioevnadrfiokra., (BY MAGNETIC TELIZGRAPIQ GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning. from pore, fr om S c. John ' s —Bertha, G uernsey —Maria Stewart, Arrived, Nov. 25— Sing a 4—Metropolita n , f rom Rotterdam. Arrived, Nov.. DEAL, Thursday Morning. f F r r o e m de z ri a c n k t , e. and regtlY) No arrivals. The Devonport, schooner, fram Wales, for Margate, got on shore on Main, near Kingstown, during the night, and is now under water; crew saved and landed at Kingstown. Anchored—Jenny, from London, for Guatemala, has been in collisi n during the night. Particulars of damage at present unknown. NORTHERN TELEGRAPH CABLE LOST AT SEA.— The cable of the Victoria extension of the Oregon and Washington Territory line of telweghroaspoh,lowshsiochffwcaospinetieinodrend, hd l eo S bn a e; , n sv J a u s an de Fuca, was lost on to lay across the Straitsoino, board o n her the voy Britishage from mentioned in the Star and Herald some weeks ago. This will cause a &Jay in the construction of the northern telegraph until the cable can be replaced.—Tatianta Paper. PERISHED I,YITII COLD.—This morning at eight o'clock, a woman passing a dung heap in the stone-yard near the r,contly- erected almshouses in Shadwell-gap, High-street, Shadwell, called the attention of a Thames police-constable to a ma w n re i t n oh a e s d itt c i r n e g at p u o r s e it a io p n po o a n re t d he to d h un a‘ g . : heap, and said she WAS afraid he was dead. Her flats h th o e urs ; he hal perished of cold and wet, ha i l i f e s w ta a rv e e i d n . p h r e o e v n e d d e t a n d b s e ev tr e u ra e l , and the rain had been beating down on him all night. The • the T l h o e we p s o t li s c t e ag h e a n d f deceased was a bone ci c a k n e d r fproevqeuretnyt'lypodorrilNy'en him away from the stone-yard between sunset and sunrise, and told him to go home. lbe selected a most desolate spot for his wretched death. A penny and some bones were found in his pockets. The deceased was between 50 and 60 years of age. Inspector Roberts, of the K division, has given directions for inquiries to be made at the ludging-houses respecting the deceased, and ascertain his identity if possible, things is looked upon with advantage by the local manu facturers and merchants, as denoting a real went of goods and as affording a prospect of prices being maintained. The manufacturers, upon the whole, keep well employed, and the reports from them are quite as good this week as last, or even butter. LEICESTER, 231—There has been less demand for hosiery goods during the past week, all descriptions of articles being in less request than for some time past. In the county districts also there Las been a slackening in the demand, and manutac.urers are only finishing what is actually or dered. Yarns are exceedingly firm, and very high prices are quoted. There is not much doing in wools, which fully maintain their value. NOTTINGHAM, 23d.—There is not the slightest improve. ment noticeable in the lace trade this week. No class of goads is in demand, very few buyers come into the market, and what orders are given are only of a very limited cha racter. Nothing is doing in plain stiff goods, and the fancy trade is more depressed than it has been for several years past. Black silk laces are not in request. There is a little doing in silk wechlins, but as a whole the silk trade is The hosiery trade is slightly improved for some classes et goods. Yarns are firm at high rates. ROCHDALE, 21st.—The flinnel market has been mode rately well attended to-day, and there was rather more ac tivity than we have lately had to report. There was more inquiry for fancy and fine goods than for the past few weeks, and a fair sale cf heavy ones Still, the season of the year considered, the trade rules rather quiet, and manufacturers are more engaged in finishing old than entering upon new orders. There is a little better demand for Yorkshire goods such as winseys and kindred fabrics. It may not be, out of . place to notice here that there is a movement on foot in the neighbourhood of Halifax to make the latter town, rather than Rochdale, the market town Lr the manufacturers of such goods, and that the movement is likely to be attended with at least partial success. Railway and other Companies. EASTERN BENGAL. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held yester day, at the offices, Gresham-street; Mr Leith in the chair, The report was taken as read. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said that their progress had been favourable, and if not so great as expected it was not the fault cf the c3mpany's staff in India. The passenger traffic had to some extent exceeded the anticipations with regard to it. The receipts for the second and third-class passengers amounted to 50 per cent. of the whole receipts, which was a very large proportion. They would soon have an increase in the fares of the first and recond class passengers, which would tend to increase the receipts. There was a large passenger traffic on the first 14 miles of their line out of Calcutta, and the remainder of the distance to Kooshtee, 96 miles, passed through a rich agricultural and productive district. The traffic at present was chic fly derived from Calcutta and Kooshtee, at both ends of the line, and was principallya through traffic, They had a right to expect a much larger goods traffic than they had yet carried on the line. The want of feeder roads had deprived them of a considerable amount of traffic that should have passed over the railway. Of the 16 feeder roads pro jected by the Government from the stations on the railways into the agricultural districts on each side of the line, not one had yet been completed for traffic, and some of them had not been commenced, Two of those roads were nearly com pleted, with the exception of the bridges. The railway was opened on Nov. 15, 1862, two years from the present time, and he was sorry to say they hid not derived any benefit from those intended feeders. Certain approach roads and diversions of old roads, altogether extending in aggregate length to about 91 miles, had been long since made by the company. He regretted the delay in the making of the feeder roads by the Government authorities, as they were quite as much interested in the result as the railway com pany. The gross receipts for the past half-year amounted to £19,915, against £33,748 for the corresponding half of last year. The total number of passengers was 699,580, against 422,161 in the same half of 1863; and the goods traffic had shown some increase, but nothing like the amount they would have had if the feeder roads had been completed. The company had effected a saving c i 38 per cent. on the maintenance of the permanent way by taking that matter int) their own hands, as compared with what they would have had to pay responsible contractors. They had closed accounts with the contractor for the construczion of the rail way, and he was happy to say that the works were all com pleted in a moat satisfactory manner by Messrs Brassey, Paxton, and Wythes, the contractors. A proposed exten sion of the railway to Darjeeling had been discussed in In dia, and its advantages to residents in Calcutta had been urged, as it would enable them to reach a European climate at Darjeeling by travelling a distance of 350 miles by rail• way from Calcutta. The extension, if carried out, would no doubt be of great service to their line. The Government had stated that if the railway was to be made, the Eastern Bengal Company were entitled to the concession. In order to show the importance of this extension line to the Govern ment, he might mention that they had been asked by the Secretary of State for India if they were prepared to make it without a Government guarantee. The dirw ors replied that they could not raise the money to make that railway without a guarantee. He then adverted to the disastrous effects of the late cyclone at Calcutta, and feared it would be followed by much sickness in the hot season, as on the two former occasions in his memory. He believed that if the resources in the district through which their line and the proposed line would pass were properly developed, the gua rantee would be but a name, as the profits of working would certainly exceed 5 per cent on the requisite capital. About 514,000 would cover the whole injury from the cyclone to the company's works and station, and that would be charged against capital. The present traffic was equal to about 3 per cent, and he thought it would not be very long before they got the other 2 per cent to make up the 5 per cent. Mr MORGAN said the working expenses at 53'29 per cent. of the receipts were too high. They could always manage in India to have full loads, as they had plenty of time to make up. He did not th!nk the increase in the traffic was much, considering the commercial position of the railway. The shareholders must take an interest in the working of the line if they ever expected to see it produce more than 5 per cent. The fares should be raised to a rea sonable amount to make the working of the railway remu nerative to the shareholders. He and his family held a large amount of stock in the company, and he naturally felt interested in its success. He then adverted to various items in the accounts, which were explained by the Chair man ; all the :accounts, up to the 30th of June last, had been passed by the Government authorities. Mr PATER complained that the vacancy at the Board by the resignation of Mr Cargill had been filled up by the directors without consulting the shareholders. The CHAIRMAN said they were bound to fill up the vacancy, but on the next occasion he would call a special meeting for the purpose, and leave the election to a vacancy at the Board in the hands of the shareholders. The Board had elected one of the oldest and largest shareholders in the company to fill the vacancy. Mr WITT suggested that on the next occasion they should elect Mr Morgan, as ho was not only a large share holder, but took a great interest in the affairs of the com pany. _ On the motion of the CHAIRMAN, seconded by Mr MACKENZIE, deputy-chairman, the report was unanimously adopted ; the retiring directors were re-elected, and also Mr Franklin, the retiring auditor. The proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to the chairman and directors. CARDIFF, Nov, 22.—The — ironmasters continue full of orders, and the specifications in hand are sufficient to keep the works in active employ. Railway iron is in demand, and bars also command an average sale. The makers of• this district are making energetic efforts to retain the orders that were sent to South Wales through the turn-out in Stafford shire, and lower prices are quot ed in order to secure con tracts. The following are the present average quotations— Rails, £6 17s 6d to £7 5s at the works; and bars, £6 17s 61 to £7 2s 6d. Activity still characterises the steam coal trade, and the collieries are on full time. The continental inquiry is good, and the iteam shipping companies are also taking a large quantity. There is a brisk inquiry for Lantwit end other house coals, and quotations are well maintained. Coke and preserved coal show no change. The iron ship building yards are in active employ, and this branch of trade promises to become an important one before long in this distract. DUNDEE, 22d.—The re election of President Lincoln has ceu , ed no little excitement in th's market to-day, espe cially in yarns, The open state of the weather in Riga, and the prosp ct of large shipments of fresh flex at that port, have op rated against any improvement in the demand here, and prices remain as before, with little doing. The large quantity of jute advertised for public sale in London to morrow has also its effect on the artic:e here, and there has been less doing for a day or two, but prices are unchanged• Flax and tow yarns were in great request to-day, and vet) large sales are reported at an rdvance of fully 5 per cent. upon the prices of last market day. Jute yarns are also in good demand, and dearer. There is a fair inquiry for linens, both of the coarse fabrics made here and of the better class of goods made in the district. Jute goods are also more asked for and very saleable, and manufacturers ho d no stocks of almost any description of linens. Imes, 22d.—The markets for woollen cloth have this morning been of the same quiet character as for the past few weeks. The purchases have been small in amount, and have included general aseortments rather than any parti cu'ar kinds of goods. Prices are well maintained, notwith standing that the trade is somewhat dull and that wools are a trifle easier than they were. It bas been remarked as a somewhat singular fact that the woollen goods which have just been sold by auction here in con wquence of pro ceedings in. bankruptcy have realised much more than had been expected, and several lots were sold at an advance on the prices a sked by the original holder. This state of . . . _ GRAND TRUNK OF CANADA The traffic receipts on this company's lines for the week ending the sth inst, amounted for local passengers to £7,476 —foreign passengers, £l,32B—emigrants, £23l—mails, &c., £642—local freight and live stock, £3,649—t0ta1, £24,010, against £23,625 for the corresponding week of last year, showing an increase of £315. The total receipts from July 1 to the above date amounted to £426,021, and for the same period last year to £372,241, showing an increase of £53 : 780, or 14 . 45 per cent. MEWS AND EYE. A meeting has been held at Eye, Suffolk, to promote a line from the Mellis station of the Great Eastern to that town. The scheme was approved by the• meeting, and some progress was made in the subscription of the necessary capital. The cost of the line will b 3 from £15,000 to £20,000. THIRD EDITIOI. SUN OFFICE, SIX O'CLOCK, BANE OP FRANCE. PARIS, Nov. 24, 2 P The Bank of France has reduced its rate of die, count from 7 to 6 per cent. Tao rate for commercial bills is 7 per cent. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE —This Day. —0- WARWICK RACES—THIS DAY. (Br LLECTEIC TELLGUArIi SHAKSPERE HANDICAP. Stockinger .......... TwLight ... ••. Wild Duck 3 Ten ruc. - - LIANDICAP STEEPLECHASE. Dawdle ........................................... 1 Lady B nun ..... 2 Gown,man .... .. ................. ............................. ...... 3 Seven ran. GRAND ANNUAL STEEPLECHASE. Portland .......................................... 1 Globule .: Yalier Gal •. ............... HURDLE RACE. .......... 3 Clementi .. Cutler Delver - no ........ 3 Four ran. HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES. _ _ Merry Maid Usher . 9 Nabob Four ran, HUNT CUP STEEPLECHASE. Hall Court 1 Church Militant Wigley 3 Eight ran. WELTER C UP. Gcmma Lord Burloigh 2 Gentilhomme Seven ran. WINDING-UP HANDICAP. Lady Roland • 1 .......... Canz)nette Walloon ~..•• 3 T WO-YR-OLD PLATE. Blackbird Hecate Sister Mary 3 Seven ran. A PLATE. Deception 1 Belle of the Ball Betsy Copeland .. 000000000000 00 •••• Four ran. SHORTS HANDICAP. Tragedy Sister Mary 2 Helix 3 Seven ran. MATCH—Viceroy beat Anadyonaene, SCURRY FLAT RACE. Betsy Copeland Damascus, Bank of England Return,•-.This Evening. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 32, for the week ending on Wednesday, the 23d day of Nov. 1564: MIL 87 89 131 132 6 7 33 35 16 17 90 92 107 109 48 49 6; 7i 136 128 163 157 nO (32 9/ c 3 781 79 67 69 5'J 61 4 i 46 1(0 1. 2 117 k ;18 81 83 10i tC6 39 41 120 i 12 1 97 i 9 66 664 12) )21 J3B. 128 108 ilo 55 66 25 47 115 116 73 7i 1 44 10; 36 39 32 33 9 10 123 146 2 8) 81 104 11 131 138 60 62 40 42 8:1 tat 8 9 157 160 34 44 I, 11J 112 38 40 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Railways It!sutra & St Lawrene, :one., Baroda&Cent In, Gu. 5 per cent........ Do. E. Shares.. tititado and Laxeliuroi Do. P.'referonce ftiffalo,Brant,,SzGodriel p. et. lids. Aug. 1, 187 Jo. do. July 1, 187 )o. do. June 1, M lcuttn..,szS.Eastn. (Lin 'apeTown & Dock Seri Demerara 7 p.o. per. pf f , iastn. Bengal gu. 4 p. mast Indian. fril. 5 p. c Do._ do. J Ext.... Grand Trunk of Cans-t, Do. Equip. Mort. Bonds 1 charge 6 per cent Do. Ist vret. Bonds.. to. do. deferred...... Do. 2d Fret. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred....., Do. 3d I', ef. stock Do. do. deferred...... Do. 4th Pref. stock... Do. do. deferred...... 3t.lndittrentn.gua.sp.e. Do. Gll9. 5 per cen' Do. New gua. 5 p. 0... It. South.of India(Lhn guranteed 5 per cent. Do. 4i per oent.. .._ Do. . : 4t. W. ot Canada Share. Do. New 00. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt 00.54 p. o. do. '77-8.... Indian Branch Limited liadnis guar., 5 p. o. Do. 41 p. o. Extensio) Dc. 44 d 0... Do. Fifth Extension. Ilelb.Corp. ti p. o. Bnd Ilobson's 'law Brunswick a Cana, Class A and B .4.ltl.C'daB pa Ist pi bth Scinde do. Delhi 00. d 0...... Do. Punjaub Do. Indus. St. Flog) all 100 (low 1 100 < 2 : 1 0 000 Paid. Closing Prioe. G 9 61 ;023 1 , 33 Idis 3p bi Li 86 9! 04 93 8) 90 103 105 104 I' s lei 2,0 i 00 92 70 73 60 d 2 64 66 55 67 53 55 16 50 29 31 27 20 IC3& 101! pr 1p pr lip all al, all all all 100 101 91 91 1111 11 91 £3 81 E 3 I I d 102 103 94 96 88 9'.) thodness don, 9 01 6 £0 63 1001 101 i 1006 101 10 i 13 102 3 , 5 97 ihilr. 100 Sk 20 20; 10 iteck stook 20 stook 1 0 stook stook stock stock stook stook stock stock sWok stock stook COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. -- British Columbia, 6 per cent., Dec. 31, 1872.... 100 Do. do. 1883.... 100 &J —1877-8 i too 98 1"2 00. op. c. Feb. & A u;_ 100 98 1 0 Do. dp. o. Mar. & Sept 100 98 100 Po. p. 0. Jan.&July 10k 91 92 Do. 5 Inscribed stool 100 88 92 Ape G.llope, 6 p 0,187: 100 104 106 Do.Ap &Oct. 18,c 100 105 107 Do. • 189+ 100 106 108 )0. Jan. & July. 1891 100 108 110 'eyion, N0v.18113, 8p ( 100 101 105 1/0. 1878, do. 100 1 , .9 112 .1 - fturitius 6 p.cent.lB73 00 403 100 Do. 1878 101 105 108 Do. 1882 IJO ,07 110 natal Gov. 6 per cant 100 .I'6 105 i.B.Gov.6p.c.Ja.&Jul) 100 96 99 4. S.W. Gov. 6 p D.,18,•. 100 07 09 Du. sp. 048/1 to 187, 100 05 97 Do. do.,;888 &upwd, 100 94 96 951 ew Zealand 6 p cent 100 103 106 dons. Scotia Gov. 6 p. c sterling. 1875. lOO 100 102 - >lueensland Gcv. 6p. c. 100 103 105 104 1 s.Aus Gov. 6 p.e.li 68. 100 - -. Do. 1.78 &uovard , 100 106 108 Vlo.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 - Do. lo 6 p.c. Ar).&oot.. 100 107 103 1071 BRITISH. MINES. 2 'ambrian Consoi. Gole 1 1 11 Chiverton 3 6 7 7 Jullora Amalgamated. —3) 32 )evon G. Cons. (Taoist. 1 680 600 Drakewal's ....... . .:ast Bassett (Illogan) au 50 52 East Caradon ..... 1.14. , 18 20 Inst Carn Bros 3.4 .1, 61 7 East Grenville 2.7.0. 7 71 East Lovell WI Russel Cfavistk s.lb. 44 44 .lam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen 60 6 8 4 Great Laxey, all 151 161 17 Ireat South Tolgus... us I s 1. Wheal Vor (11.elsto), 40 33 35 lrenvillc... 7 8 . 54 6 lerd's-Foot ...... • e. 13 S 5 37 lingston Downs 4.18 ., 4 41 ilargaret (tiny Lelant 4 7 9 —iarke Valley.. 4 .Tvndv Iron Oro (Lim. 21 14 I 0 Nangiles... ..4 l9 13 0 new Seten 2ll CO 70 Torth ...... North Roskear.. ...... ti '1 Basset (1 Ito.csu 3.1 , .6 11 2 orth Wheal Crotty . 2.8 0 21 24 Prosper 7.1... 3i 34 •ruvidence( Clay Lein'. 10 6.7 31 36 ionthCaradon(St.Cleei 11 520 540 ...Wheal Fran. (Mogan 18.18.1 33 36 itray Park Cin Croft J 15 16 161 Vest Basset (Mogan) _ 11 8 9 V Cr radon cLiskeard 9 5 6 West Chiver :on 1 0 55 60 Vest Sotoa ,Vheal Basset (Mogan 51 90 63 , Theal Buller(Redrutli, 10 12 14 Wheal Ludcott .1' heal Mary Ann ;Men 8 15 17 Wheal rieton 5B; 200 205 Tretawney (Lls 7 19 21 - Theal Union..., 4 i PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Eastern, E. Counties, Ditto, 6 p r cent. pf., 12 Great orthern, 41 per cent., red. at 10 per cent. pm., 1021 Great Western, 4 per cent. irred , 86i North Eastern, York, 11. and Selby purchase, 10f North Eastern, Stockton and Darlington, A 5 per cent., 28 Ditto, B 6 per cent., 321 South Eastern (tteading Anns., £1.0.6), 22 :xt. 1i0._2, PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern 41 per amt. pf., Ditto, new o per cent. pfl, LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Buckinghamshire, 92 Chester and llo;yhead, Ditto, 5 per cent.. 112 "vil London, Tilbury, and Southend, 101 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Bahia and San Francisco tilin.) gua. 7 per cent., 14i Dutch Rhenish, Ditto (all), 26 Imperial Mexican, 3i BANKS. Agra and Mesterman's (lim.), 130 et Mance , tini.i. 1)8 Bank of British Columbia, 171 Bank of otago, 11m., 5 Chartered Bank of India, Australia. and China, 36i 7 Chartered pier. of India, London, and China, 61 2 Consolidated Bank, lim., 11 3 English, Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 211 Ilindustan, china, and Japan (11m.), 34 Ditto, issued at 2 pm., 23i Imperial Ottoman:l7i London Think of Mexico and S. America, lirn., 51 Loudon, Buenos Ayres, and River Plate, 56 London Chartered Bank of Australia, .251 London and County, 79} London Joint Stock, 49 London and South African, 23 London and South-Western, lira., 22 London and 11 estminster, 98) 8 Merchant Bank, lint., 21.1 Mercantile and Exchange, Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi. lien.. Standard o 1 British South Africa (lira.), 20 Union of Australia, 55 Union of London, 564 MISCELLANEOUS. Berlin Water Works, lim., 81- Ceylon Company, City Offices, lim., 2/ 3 Co.tinental Union Gas, lim., IOS Credit Foncier and Mobilikr of England, Si Ditto (.C2), 52 / Crystal Palace, 6 per cent. perpetl. deb , 1121 Discount Corporation, 1•i 1 , Financial Corporation, / Fore-street Warehouse, lim., Gen. Credit and Finance of London, lirn., 71 7 1 Hudson's Bay, 17i Imperial Mercantile Credit A sso., lim., 81 International Financial ...7,ociety, lira., 8 1 7 i international Land Credit, lira., , ; Joint Stock Discount, 1511 5 781 71 8 17i 161 82 i 105 t 12) 19} 98i 8 661 a 1201 20 138 6 141 15 1 85i LANGHAM HOTEL. Mr VILLEBOISNET complained of the large expenditure, and movod as an amendment that a committee of five share holders be now appointed to investigate the accounts and expenditure in the hotel. The amendment having been seconded, a long discussion ensued. Dlr VILLEBOISNET withdrew his amendment, and the original reolution was agreed to. A vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the pro ceedings. Naval and Military Intelligence. The Victoria screw steamship, Captain J. Gooi _ . enough, intended as flagship for Rear-Admiral Smart, commander-in•ct•ief of her Mjesty's ships in the Mediterranean, left Spithead yesterday after noon under steam for that station, calling at PAya mouth, being still a few hands short of her oomph). went. Her Majesty's paddle-wheel sloop Barracoata, 6, guns, 1,053 tons, 300-horse power, Commander John D'Arcy, recently returned from the West Indies, was this day paid out of commission in tl:e large basin in Sheerness dockyard by Captain-Superin tendent Charles Wise, Aide-de•Camp to the Queen, who highly complimented the ship's crew on their orderly and steady conduct during paying off. In consequence of the length of time that the Barra couta has been in commission (four years and a half), the large amount of £3,700 was paid among 120 men, who upon receiving their money voluntarily entered into a subscription for the mother of one of their messmates, George Fenn, who lost his life by falling from aloft: in a gale of wind while on the passage to England. The sum of £2l was sub scribed, The Barracouta has had three commanders during the time she has been in commission, viz.:— Commander Wm. Wood, who retired on promotion ; Commander Malcolm, who resigned, and Comman der John D'Arcy, who has had command one year and a half. The vessel will be placed in the third division of the Sheerness Steam Reserve, The screw corvette Cadmus, 21, 400-horsepower, will be placed in dock at Chatham, on Saturday, to be examined, in order to ascertain whether she has sustained any injuries from the recent shipment and unsbipment of her screws. She has shipped her new propeller, a "left-handed" Griffith's screw, which arrived from Woolwich in the early part of he week. The important experiments recently made under the direction of the Ordnance Select Committee to .eat the value of the invention of Major Palliser or the employment of cast'.iron chilled shot in both naval and land warfare have proved so eminently satisfactory as establishing the enormous superiority of the shot made according to the plan advocated by Major Palliser as compared with the old system of casting shot that an announce ment has been made at Chatham that the shot in future to be supplied to the navy, as soon as the existing stock of the ordinary spherical shot has been exhausted, will be manufactured according to the new process. The first public trials with the solid shot made on Major Palliset's process took place at Shoeburynoss, when a 12-pounder chilled shot was tested against a steel shot of similar weight, the results of the trials being so satisfac tory that the Ordnance Select Committee directed a further series of experiments with a round chilled iron shot made of Derbyshire hot blast iron. and weighing 1031 b., which was fired from the So. merset gun, with a charge of 251 b of powder, against the Lord 'Warden target, a spherical steel shot, weighing 116 W, with the same charge of powder, being tested at the same time against the chilled shot. Notwithstanding the disparity in theweight and cha racter of the two shots, the effects of each were very nearly the same. Both shots went completely through the 4t-in. iron plates of the target, as well as through Bin. of timber backing, bulging up the second inner iron skin of the target, which an exami nation of the plates at Chatham Dockyard shows the shot failed to penetrate. Another and still more important trial subsequently took place, on which occasion two sets of experiments were made against La Gloire target, the first from an ordit, at.) 68• pounder and from an Armstrong 100• pounder, both of which were proved inefftctual against the armour-plating of the target at a distance of 200 yards. The second trial on the same occasion was from an Armstrong 5.22 inch shunt gun, which was used to fire a number of rounds of steel and chilled shot, ranging from 2281 b. (steel) to 258. b. (chilled) i❑ weight. The general result of this trial was to prove, as before, that the chilled iron used as a projectile is nearly, if not quite, equal to steel, while both are immeasurably superior to cast-iron. Oa the score of economy the chilled shot presents several advantages over those of steel, the materials from which the latter are made costing £5O a ton, while those for the chilled shot cost only £5 a ton. The following appointments and promotions have been made at the Admiralty :—Capt.W. M. Dowell to the Euryalus, vice Alexander, invalided—Capt., H. Boys, to the Barossa, vice Dowell—Capt. W. H. Haswell, to the Pelorussvice Boys—Capt. H. He watt, to ba musketry instructor of the Royal Marine At.. tillery,viee Dolled, period of service expired—Com mander J. W. Armstrong, to the Argus, vice Moresby promoted—Commander C. E. Stevens, to the Perseus, vice Kingston, promoted—Commander T. E. Smith, to be Inspecting Commander of the Coast Guard—Lieut. C. F. Walker, promoted to the rank of Commander—Lient.F.W. Lewis, to command of the Bouncer, vice Holder, promoted ; Lieut G. D. Morant, to the Grasshopper, vice Walker, promoted —Lieut. A. I. V. Collins, to the Victoria—Clement Hirtzel, of the Grasshopper, promoted to be Master —Dr. W. R. Bennet, assist.-surgeon, to the Duke of Wellington—Dr. Henry N. Maclaurin, assist.- surgeon, to Greenwich Hospital —Charles F. Wil liams, assist.-surgeon, to the Impregnable—J. C. Grigg, assist.-surgeon, to the Victory—Edward R. Connor, master's assistant, to the Firefly—Henry Hall, assist,-engineer, to the Espoir—Ewd. Hocken and Henry Rider, of the Phoebe, promoted to be firstiolass assist-engineers. The undermentioned gentlemen have been nomi nated to naval cadetships—John W. Strachey, Frederick H. Thomson, Henry R. Scott Rogers, and Gerard M. Brooke.l COLLIERY EXPLOSION NEAR SHEFFIELD.—An explosion occurred yesterday morning, at a colliery at Woodhouse, near Sheffield, belonging to and worked by the Fence Colliery Company. The pit was examined, as usual, yesterday morning, by Mr Redfern, the under viewer, and a deputy, and found to be free from gas in every patt In less than an hour, however, an explosion occurred with a noise like thunder, and sending volumes of smoke up the shaft. Redfern, and his deputy, who had not been long on the surface, descended, with others, and found all in con fusion below, most of the 116 men down the pit running about in tarror, scarcely knowing what to do. It was ulti mately ascertained that while the miners were at breakfast, a quantity of bind fell from the roof in some di stant work. ings, and freed a large quantity of gas, which was d r i ven upon the lights of the men at breakfast, George Ward, aged 19 years, was killed. Three brothers, named Goodall, were very seriously burned, and doubts are entertained as to their recoverp. The rest of the men were got out of the pit uninjured, except that some of them had suffered from the after-damp, On Wednesday evening, Lieut.-Col. Tennant, late of the 35th Regiment of Fo3t, committed suicide by shooting himself this morning, at his residence, Raglan road, Dublin, A special general meeting of this company was held yes terday at the hotel in Langh4m-place, Regent-street, the Earl of Shrewsbury in the chair. The CHAIRMAN said they had met for the purpose of considering the propriety of increasing the capital for the completion and opening of the hotel in March nest. The auto o f -,,;`,j1,000 would enable the directors to open the hotel at the time stated, replete witli every comfort, and all those conveniences required in a first class hotel. They were per tec.ly sati,fiad with the manner in which Mr Lucas, the contractor, had constructed the hotel', and they had every confidence that the undertaking would be a great success. fie therefore :rusted that there would be no opposition to the resolution. Ho then moved, "That the capital of the company be increased from £150,000 to £lBO,OOO, by the issue of 3,000 shares of £lO each, bearing a preferential dividend at th© rate of S per cent. per annum, to be allotted among the present shareholderspro rata." Mr WILLIAMS seconded the motion. ISSUE DEPARTMENT. ot cs issued ...—.X28,054,240 Government Debt .£11,015,1(0 Other Securities .. 3.6:31,v00 Gold Coin & Bullion 13,404,240 tiilver Bullion .... £28,064,240 BAN BUN 0 D X 28,054,210 exoprietors' Capi- tal £14,553,000 Rest Public Deposits (in cluding Exche quer, Savings' Banks, Commis missioners ol Na tional Debt, and Dividend Ac- EPARTMENT. Government Secu rities (including Dead Weight A nnuity) .......... £10,374,542 Other securities .. 18,7,3,407 Notes ............ t 3,489.385 Gold aud Silver 726,C51 COLA ............ counts) 5.513.E60 Other Deposits 4 ,458,5.:1 Seven Day and other Bills . 555,712 £_8,301,163 117 X38,30-I,ISS '. MILLER, Chief Cashier. Nov. 24, 1861. MARKETS—This Day. MARK-LANE. IMPERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES. Wheat, 38s 91 ; barley, 29s 9,1; oats, 19s 5d ; rye, 29$ 9d ; beans, 378 9d ; and peas, 34s I Id. Titz SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES. -- Wheat, 38s 3d barley, 30s ld ; oats, 19s Ild ; rye, 31s Od ; beans, 38s 2d peas, 35s 3d. ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK. - -IVheat, 100,170; barley, 103,697 ; oats, 7,637 ; rye, 27 ; beans, 3,623 ; peas, 1,243 qrs, METROPOLITAN CATTLE. The supply of beasts on sale here to day was only mo derate and in very middling condition. Most breeds met a dull inquiry at Monday's currency. The best Scots and Crosses were worth 5s 4d per 81b. Sheep, the show of which was by no means extensive, moved off heavily at late rates. The best Dawns and half-breds sold at 5s 83 per Blbs. We hai-e to report a dull sale for calves at late rates, viz , from 4s to ss. per Sibs. The supply was rather limited, Pigs ruled steady in price, but mulch cows were very dull, Per Blbs. to oink the offal. e. d. s. d., s. d. s d Crse. &inf. beasts 3 4 4 0 ) Primecrs-wool d 0.5 0 5 4 Secoudquality do. 4 2 4 8 Pme.B'thdowndo.s 6 5 Prime large oxen 4 10 5 0 Large orse. calve* 4 0 4 6 Prime Scots, &c. 5 2 5 4 Prime small do 4 8 5 0 Urse. & inf. sheep 3 8 4 4 !Large hogs 3 6 4 2 Second quality do. 4 6 4 10 (Small porkers 4 4 4 10 Lambs....os Od to Os Od. Suckling calves, 17s to 22s ; and quarter-old store pigs :Os to 26s each. TOTAL SUPPLY. I FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts i Cows 133 Sheep Sheep Calves 212 , Figs Pigs. 3401 MEAT MARKETS. NEWGATB AND LEADENHALL.—The supplies of meat are moderate, and the trade is inactive, as follows :—Beef, trom 3s Od to 4s 8d; mutton, 3s 4d to 58 Od ; veal, 4s Cd to 48 8d ; and pork, 38 4d to 58 Od per 81bs by the carcase. SOUTHALL, Nov. 23.—The supplies of stock were moderate, and the trade generally ruled heavy at the following rates:—Beet, from 3s sa to 5s 2d ; mutton, 3s 10d to 58 6d ; veal, 4s Od to 48 8d; and pork, 3a 6d to 4s 3d per 81bs, to sink the offal. ROMFORD, Nov. 23.—Prime beasts and sheep were in fair request at full prices. Otherwise the trade was heavy :—Beaf, from 3s 6d to 5s 4d ; mutton, 3s 10d to 5s 6d ; veal, 4s 2d to 4e 8d ; and pork, 3s 8d to 4a 8d . per 81bs. Suckling calves, 16s to 21s; quarter old storepigs, 20a to 255; and milch cows, £l4 Os to £lB 5s each. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £3 15s to £5 lOs Od ; clover, £5 Oa to £6 10a Od ; and straw, Os to £lloa par load: A moderate demand. CUMRERLiND—Meadow hay, £3lss to £5 lOs Od; clover, £5 Os to £6 108 Od ; and straw, £1 6s to £1 10s per load. Supply tolerably good WHITECHAPEL,—Meadow hay, £3 188 to £.5 7a 6d ; clover, o£s Os to_£6 108 Od ; and straw, £1 58 to £1 105 per load trade inactive. LORD HOUGHTON ON SCHOOLS OF ART.— On Monday, at the annual meeting of the York School of Art, Lord Houghton, who presided, said it was most im portant that those who sought to study art for the general business ti life should form the great portion of the students at these schools, for it would never do for the people of England to think they were contributing money out of the public taxation merely to make painters and artists. He was very glad to see from the report of last year that a very large portion of the students were employed in making por celain. glass, cutlery, and in other mechanical adaptations of art. It was most useful to this country that this should be done. because trade without art would always have some thing aLout it of a less noble character than it had when as sociated with art. On the subject of the payment of school masters he said, as a member of the House of Commons, he took a different view to the Government, and he did not be. Have such a provision could bo advantageously carried out. Whatever rules were Established he hoped they would sub mit to them cheertully,.and make the best of their position, even though they did not like it, He saw with satisfaction that of late yea rs th ere had been a very general progress in the artistic skill o f t h e country. Among many proofs of this he instanced the improvement in the costume of women, observing that in the manufacturing towns he had been struck with the neatness, general elegance,.and comfort of costume as compared with that which prevailed 30 or 40 years ago. (Applause.) The Dean of York and o th er gentlemen addressed the meeting, and a resolution was passed that the committee should co-operate with th e corn . mittees of other local schools in placing before the Govern s went the claims of such institutions. It will be remembered that the persons convicted at Liverpool on a charge of enlisting men for service in the C on f e derate navy appeal e d aga i nst the ver di c t to th e j u d, es at Westminster on some points of law. The matter came before the Court of Queen's Bench yesterdly, but qle _ _ learned bench via's not called upon to give judgment, as the defendants, with the consent of the Attorney-General : e grecd to submit to a Rae of £.50 each. 103 i i 671 61